Vice President Kamala Harris has cast more tie-breaking votes in the Senate than any of her predecessors, underscoring the hurdles for Democrats in pushing through the Biden administration’s legislative priorities and nominees in the closely divided body.
Harris broke a deadlocked floor vote Tuesday to advance Loren AliKhan’s nomination to be a federal judge in the District of Columbia.
It was her 32nd time casting decisive votes in the Senate since ascending to the vice presidency in 2021, surpassing in less than three years the early 19th century record previously set by John Calhoun’s 31 votes over seven years during ...